Game or amusement device.



No. 819,915. PATENTED MAY 8, 1906. P. W. NELSON.

GAME 0R AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2,1905

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER WV. NELSON, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 1906.

Application filed August 2, 1905. Serial No- 272,286.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, PETER W. N ELSON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city andState of New York, have invented a new and useful Game or AmusementDevice and Method of Making the Same, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 represent cards upon each ofwhich is printed the figure of a different animal. The figures are ofsubstantially the same size and are so disposed upon the cards that thelatter may be cut into four equal parts 1, 2, 3, and 4, as indicated bythe lines a b, and when so cut one quarter of each animal will be in thecorner of each of the pieces, and the different figures are so drawn,proportioned, and located upon the cards that any piece from any cardmay be combined with other pieces from other cards and will correctlyfit therewith in such manner as to produce a complete and perfectanimal, although of a heterogeneous and extraordinary kind. Figs. 5 and6 illustrate the foregoing. In Fig. 5 the parts 1 and 3 of the camelshown in Fig. 3 have been combined with the parts 2 and 4 of thekangaroo shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 shows an even more astonishingaggregation. In it the head (part 1) of the elephant, the front legs(part 3) of the kangaroo, the back (part 2) of the camel, and the backlegs (part 4) of the cow have all been assembled and found to accuratelyfit and coincide with each other and together they produce the laughableand wonderful creature shown.

In the practical adaptation of my invention to use I select any desirednumber of animalsfor example, eight. Therefore the pack of cards, all ofthe same size and shape, will be thirty-two, composed of eightheadcards, eight back-cards, eight fore-leg cards, and eight hind-legcards. These may be used in an endless variety of ways by the players.They may be dealt after shuflling, and every correctlycompleteanimalthat a pears in the hand of any player will count so much. If he has apartly-complete animal, then he may draw from the pack or from anopponent for deficiencies and his opponents may draw from him until allthe cards are disposed of, the player getting the most complete animalswinning the game; or, after dealing the whole pack, the players maycombine the cards they have in the most ridiculous fashion they canconceive of, the one producing the most extraordinary creature, in theopinion of the other players, winning the game. Also solitaire may beplayed with the cards in an obvious manner. Also figures with one ormore heads and with legs projecting in all directions may be combined ina very laughable fashion. The above are examples only of many differentways in which the cards may be used.

It will be noted that the essence of the invention consists in drawingthe animals of such size and in such positions and in disposing them onthe cards in such locations that the bisecting lines a b shall cross-cutthe figures at the places where their vertical and horizontal lines areequal, so that the pieces when taken indiscriminately will correctlymatch or fit each other, and thus constitute a perfect althoughheterogeneous creature.

I do not limit myself to figures of animals. Human figures, marinecreatures, insects, and other objects adapted to the purpose stated maybe substituted.

I claim The described amusement device consisting in a pack of separaterectangular cards, each having in one corner the representation of apart of a different object or animal, so proportioned that when thecards are indiscriminately assembled they will accurately fit togetherand produce the representation of a complete although heterogeneousobject.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

PETER W. NELSON.

I/Vitnesses:

W. STUART A. HUNTER, F. M. DONSBAOH.

